13 Facts About Kendra Harrison

Kendra "Keni" Harrison was born on September 18,1992 and is an American hurdler.

Kendra Harrison won the 60 m hurdles at the 2018 World Indoor Championship and the 100 m hurdles at the 2018 NACAC Championships.

Kendra Harrison placed second in the 100 m hurdles at the 2019 World Championship, and at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics held in 2021.

Kendra Harrison was born in Tennessee on September 18,1992, and adopted by Gary and Karon Harrison; she grew up in a large family with ten other children, eight of them adopted.

Kendra Harrison transferred from Clemson to the University of Kentucky after the 2013 season, together with sprinter Dezerea Bryant and coach Tim Hall.

Kendra Harrison returned in time to win the 60 m hurdles at the SEC and NCAA indoor championships, setting personal bests in both meets; her time in the NCAA meet ranked her fourth in the world that indoor season.

Kendra Harrison won her first outdoor NCAA title in 2015, winning the 100 m hurdles in 12.55; in the 400 m hurdles she placed second to Little in a personal best 54.09, at that point the second-fastest in the world that year.

At the 2015 United States championships, which doubled as trials for the World Championships in Beijing, Kendra Harrison decided to concentrate on the 100 m hurdles only; she set a personal all-conditions best of 12.46w in the heats and ran a wind-legal 12.56 in the final, placing a close second to 2008 Olympic Champion Dawn Harper-Nelson and qualifying for the American team.

The Americans were heavy favorites for the world championships, but underperformed; Kendra Harrison had a false start in the semi-finals and was disqualified.

Kendra Harrison opened her 2016 indoor season winning the 60 metres hurdles in Lexington, Kentucky, Karlsruhe, Germany and Glasgow in 7.92.

At the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships one week later, Kendra Harrison led the qualifying with 7.81 seconds.

Kendra Harrison broke the 100 m hurdles world record on July 22,2016 at the London Muller Anniversary Games, running 12.20 to lower Donkova's mark by one one-hundredth of a second; Rollins, Castlin and Ali placed second, third and fourth in the race.

The trackside clock in the record race initially stopped at 12.58, the unadjusted time of runner-up Rollins, as Kendra Harrison ducked under the timing beam at the finish line.